Film and TV Briefing: Friday 22 October 2021
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Channel 4 will not be able to provide subtitles for viewers until mid-November (Guardian)
Female contestants on reality TV shows more likely to be the target of online abuse (Guardian)
Netflix to move to a total number of hours viewed metric to report viewership of its content (Variety)
Council issues warning to parents of school children replicating “Squid Game” (BBC)
Distributors and sales agents advise of the need to be flexible (ScreenDaily)
Anthony Joshua will star in the first UK Snapchat original series (Broadcast)
First details of potential new IATSE contract emerge (Variety)
BBC director of sport calls for legislation ensuring sport continues to be shown (Guardian)
Study of young audiences finds that children and young people do not feel represented onscreen (BFI)
ITV introduces a menopause policy to assist colleagues in the workplace (Televisual)
Netflix CEO confronts fall out following Dave Chappelle comedy special (Variety)
Features and commentary
Problems with the small sprint: is there enough effort put into accurate translations? (Guardian)
Industry announcements
Winners of the BFI London Film Festival announced,Iranian feature “Hit the Road” takes Best Film (BFI)
WFTV Mentor Scheme opens for applications (Televisual)
Resources
BBC issues updates to its respect at work guidelines for producers (Pact)
WFTV events schedule (WFTV)
